Skateboarder busted for speeding at 68 mph

[Stewie]

A professional skateboarder is potentially facing jail time after uploading a video that purports to show him skating at an astounding 68 mph through the middle of traffic.

South African skater Decio Lourenco faces the charges after Cape Town city officials say his high-speed skating actually triggered a speed camera. The speed limit in the town Lourenco was skating through is reportedly 37 mph.

“All that was needed was for one of those motorists to panic and swerve into the oncoming traffic and you have a large number of deaths, as we have already had on that road, safety spokesman Jean-Pierre Smith, told the New York Daily News. "If we don't take action against him, every other aspirant skateboarder will try it and one of them will come to a sticky end."

[Dr. Gigglepants]

Originally Posted by NewChief

If you haven't seen it, check the Jeb Corliss crash video. Crazy. I'm on mobile so can't link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEFCQRwj28w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Me too, hope that worked. Was he trying to get as close as possible to that shelf for effect?
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[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by Dr. Gigglepants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEFCQRwj28w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Me too, hope that worked. Was he trying to get as close as possible to that shelf for effect?
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[AussieChiefsFan]

Originally Posted by AussieChiefsFan

[houstonwhodat]

Originally Posted by NewChief

Music choice is lame, not the stunt.

21 million views of this extreme "stunt", but the skateboarder people use the same music:



There are a jillion songs they could have chosen, and they chose the same one that is, famously, used for another extreme stunt.

You need some major balls to even think about skydiving much less trying to fly like a bird.

JFC.

[Pestilence]

How the **** did he not get speed wobble doing that?

[Consistent1]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

How the **** did he not get speed wobble doing that?

Just watching again because I was kinda down. Don't really appreciate the threadjack over the song. I love he just nonchalantly rides by the last car waiting to turn, real close.

[Consistent1]

some other crazy ones linked to that. More impressive to me because there is no chute, you hit a car, you die. Fun stuff

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by Spott

Can't even imagine going that fast. I skated a ton growing up but never rode those long boards like that. They must have much different wheels and bearings because the ones I used would probably burn up if I would have got going that fast.

speed wobble ftw
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[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

How the **** did he not get speed wobble doing that?

?. You beat this ****er to it
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